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A HISTOflY OF CAVALRY. 



[period VI. 



After the battle, in a pursuit, the mounted rifles would 

 then be of the greatest value. Not by direct atta in 

 rear, but by wide turning movements to interc and 

 cut off the retreat. The operations of Sheridan, a the 

 retreat of Lee's army in 1865, are detailed fully m the 

 twenty-eighth chapter, and form the best illustration of 

 this method of pursuing a beaten army. 



